Legal document: BL OR 5543.5

Description

Engagement (shiddukhin) agreeement between Avraham b. Yosef Mammon/Mammūn and Bayda (?) bt. Moshe ha-Levi known as ʿŪraybī. Currency: reales. Dated 4 January 1797 CE (6 Tevet 5557 AM), Cairo. The wedding date is set for Sukkot of the following year. The document lists some of the trousseau items, such as a silver belt and other jewelry. The witnesses include Yosef Mammūn and Shabbetay Ben-El, while Yahuda Pinto signs in the middle, likely on behalf of the groom as a consenting party. The scribe notes in the final line that three copies of the engagement agreement were issued. It does not seem that the scribe has signed as a witness based on the scribal hands of the available signatures. See BL OR 5543.11 for the ketubba of Bayda's brother ~8 years later. ASE. MCD.